 | Anthologies - 1802 - 524 pages
...Th' ambrosial amber of the hive; Yet leave this barren spot to me : Spare, woodman, spare the beechen tree ! Thrice twenty summers I have seen, The sky grow bright, the forest green; And many a wintry witid have stood In bloomless fruitless solitude, Since childhood in my pleasant bower First spent... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1803 - 162 pages
...Thrice twenty summers I have stood In bloomless, fruitless, solitude— Since childhood in my rustling bower First spent its sweet and sportive hour— Since...lovers in my shade Their vows of truth and rapture paid; And on my trunk's surviving frame Carv'd many a long-forgotten name: Oh! by the vows of gentle... | |
 | History - 1803 - 892 pages
...Thrice twenty summers I have stood In bloomless, fruitless, solitude — Since childhood in my rustling bower First spent its sweet and sportive hour —...lovers in my shade Their vows of truth and rapture paid ; And on my trunk's surviving frame Carv'd many a long-forgotten name ; Oh ! by the vows of gentle... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1803 - 1298 pages
...Thrice twenty summers I have stood In bloomless, fruitless, solitude— , Since childhood in my rustling bower First spent its sweet and sportive hour— Since...lovers in my shade Their vows of truth and rapture paid ; And on my trunk's surviving frame Carv'd many a long-forgotten name ; Oh ! by the vows of gentle... | |
 | History - 1803 - 866 pages
...Thrice twenty summers I have stood In bloomless, fruitless, solitude — Since childhood in my rustling bower First spent its sweet and sportive hour— Since...lovers in my shade Their vows of truth and rapture paid ; And on my trunk's surviving frame Carv'd many a long-forgotten name ; Oh ! by the vows of gentle... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1803 - 892 pages
...Thrice twenty summers I have stood In bloomless, fruitless, solitude — Since childhood in my rustling bower First spent its sweet and sportive hour —...lovers in my shade Their vows of truth and rapture paid ; And on my trunk's surviving frame Carv'd many a long-forgotten name ; Oh ! by the vows of gentle... | |
 | 1806 - 446 pages
...Spare, woodman, spare the Beechen Tree ! Thrice twenty summers I have seen The sky grow bright, she forest green ; And many a wint'ry wind have stood In bloomless, fruitless, soiitude, Since childhood in my pleasant bow'r First spent its sweet and si>or;ive hour ; Stnce youthful... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1816 - 420 pages
...ambrosial amber of the hive; Yet leave this barren spot to me: Spare, woodman, spare the beechen treet Thrice twenty summers I have seen The sky grow bright, the forest green; And many a wintery wind have stood In bloom less, fruitless solitude, Since childhood in my pleasant bower First... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1821 - 254 pages
...twenty summers I have stood In hloomless fruitless solitude i Since childhood in my rustling .hower First spent its sweet and sportive hour, Since youthful...lovers in my shade Their vows of truth and rapture paid. And on my trunk's surviving frame Carv'd many a long forgotten name. Oh, hy the vows of gentle... | |
 | English literature - 1846 - 526 pages
...to, — Thrice twenty summers I have seen The sky grow light, the forest green, And many wintry winds have stood, In bloomless, fruitless solitude, Since childhood in my pleasant bower, &c. " Pleasant" was altered from " rustling." These were some of the retouches in the poet's earlier... | |
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Since childhood in my pleasant bower First spent its sweet and sportive hour ; Since youthful lovers in my shade Their vows of truth and rapture made ; And on my trunk's surviving frame Carved many a long-forgotten name. 
